Resisting Change In the roaring 20's, the United States of America resisted change more than any time before. The rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan aroused many problems in both the north and the south. This time, the KKK was using violence against Roman Catholics and Jews as well as African-Americans and foreigners. Also, new presidents were elected such as Harding and Coolidge. In addition, the US resisted change in trials. In the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, they resisted the theory of evolution and in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, they resisted blaming the criminals out of fear. Read more to learn about the change resisted in the 1920's.
John Scopes "Monkey" Trial By Katie S.
In 1925, John Scopes was tried for teaching his students something other than was written in the Bible. He taught his students the theory of evolution. The trial was known as a “conflict of social and intellectual values”. The prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan, tried to banish the theory of evolution because it went against what was written in the Bible. In February, Bryan exceeded, making it unlawful to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution instead of what is written in the Bible. Tennessee and fourteen other states made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution. (Hanson, 54) Clarence Darrow acted as Scopes’ defense attorney. Bryan’s argument was the “survival of Christianity”, which seemed a bit of an exaggeration. From the beginning, Scopes and Darrow were in for a rough trial. Ten of the twelve jury members were regular Church goers, and Judge Raulston was sympathetic to the prosecution. He refused the defense to call scientific experts to talk about evolution on the stand. By the end of the trial, Scopes was ruled guilty by the jury, but they only fined him $100. Then, the ruling was overturned on a technicality. It wasn’t until 1968 that antievolution laws were considered unconstitutional. To learn more about the trial click here: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/evolut.htm Works Cited: Hanson, Erica. A Cultural History of the United States. The 1920's. NY: Scholastic, 1994. 54.
and robbers shot a paymaster and a guard for a shoe company in South Braintree. The gunmen took a box with about 15000 dollars in it. They took off and ran into a car with the other gang members and drove away before the local police could come. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti happen to be on the spot when the police showed up. They were holding guns on their sides. The police took them in a thought that they had killed the paymaster and his guard. Sacco was just a factory hand and Vanzetti was a fish peddler. After searching their weapons, they tied their weapons to the crime. On August 23, 1927 they were executed for the crimes that criminals were responsible for. Works Cited: http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE52&NewItemID=True
Hanson, Erica. A Cultural History of the United States. The 1920's. NY: Scholastic, 1994. 59-61.
The KKK By Lauren M. The Ku Klux Klan was a group led by former Confederate General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest. The Klan grew to power during the 1920s.They used violence to kill many different groups of people. The most obvious targets were Roman Catholics, Jews, African-Americans and foreigners. Many of these people were already American citizens. The Ku Klux Klan would use terrorist tactics to intimidate former slaves. The group expanded when African-Americans started to migrate to the north. It spread from the south to all parts of the country. The Ku Klux Klan was a very dangerous group. The Ku Klux Klan, otherwise known as the KKK, wanted to keep things segregated. At its peak the Klan had over 4 million members in all 48 states. They wore a white robe with a hood that covered their faces. The Ku Klux Klan was a very dangerous group and they wanted to keep things segregated. To see a video about the KKK click here: http://www.history.com/videos/the-kkk Works Cited: Hanson, Erica. A Cultural History of the United States. The 1920's. NY: Scholastic, 1994. 64. http://www.digitalhistory.com
Back To Africa Movement By Taylor G.
Segregation was affecting millions of blacks in America, whether it was getting out of a seat for someone else, or even being killed because they were black and they could vote. The KKK was responsible for many deaths among the colored people population. After the war, blacks were able to live as equals, but in the south most whites didn’t give up and started a back to Africa compromise. It grew constantly every day. Soon enough they got the attention of a senator and many other government officials. The back to Africa was a killer to the colored people of America. Marcus Garvey was one of the only ones to fight back on the matter that left most blacks in depression. Segregation was very harsh the blacks, compared to the whites, blacks were like living in caves and whites were living in mansions. Marcus Garvey held a speaking on the first on august at Madison square garden, more that twenty-five thousand blacks showed up. All were ready to risk anything to get backtheir independence and to end the KKK that had killed so many already. Later the NAACP was in affect for the American public. As segregation continues, a ton of blacks abandoned their southern life and tried elsewhere. Most went north, but some went westward to have a new beginning. This movement of thousands of people creates the "great migration". The great migration put the pressure on the fragile balance with the northern nations. While this migration is happening, the economy is also affected greatly. This is when the north had great prosperity. On the other hand, the south was not doing so good in terms of a money stand point. More on the subject: http://remembersegregation.org/ Works Cited:
American History Textbook
Calvin Coolidge By DJ F. He was born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. On August 3, 1923, while visiting in Vermont; Calvin Coolidge received word that he was president. He rapidly became popular in 1924, as the beneficiary of what was becoming known as "Coolidge prosperity," he polled more than 54 percent of the popular vote. By the time the disaster of the Great Depression hit the country, Coolidge was in retirement and then he died on January 1933. Works Cited:
Vocabulary: prosperity - great success evolution - any process of formation or growth beneficiary - for the better compromise - an agreement of two problems tactic - a plan, strategy
In the roaring 20's, the United States of America resisted change more than any time before. The rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan aroused many problems in both the north and the south. This time, the KKK was using violence against Roman Catholics and Jews as well as African-Americans and foreigners. Also, new presidents were elected such as Harding and Coolidge. In addition, the US resisted change in trials. In the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, they resisted the theory of evolution and in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, they resisted blaming the criminals out of fear. Read more to learn about the change resisted in the 1920's.
John Scopes "Monkey" Trial
By Katie S.
In 1925, John Scopes was tried for teaching his students something other than was written in the Bible. He taught his students the theory of evolution. The trial was known as a “conflict of social and intellectual values”. The prosecutor, William
Clarence Darrow acted as Scopes’ defense attorney. Bryan’s argument was the “survival of Christianity”, which seemed a bit of an exaggeration. From the beginning, Scopes and Darrow were in for a rough trial. Ten of the twelve jury members were regular Church goers, and Judge Raulston was sympathetic to the prosecution. He refused the defense to call scientific experts to talk about evolution on the stand.
By the end of the trial, Scopes was ruled guilty by the jury, but they only fined him $100. Then, the ruling was overturned on a technicality. It wasn’t until 1968 that antievolution laws were considered unconstitutional.
To learn more about the trial click here: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/evolut.htm
Works Cited:
Hanson, Erica. A Cultural History of the United States. The 1920's. NY: Scholastic, 1994. 54.
http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE52&NewItemID=True
Sacco & Venzetti Trial
By Mikey K.
On May 5, 1920, a gang of criminals
and robbers shot a paymaster and a guard for a shoe company in South Braintree. The gun
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti happen to be on the spot when the police showed up. They were holding guns on their sides. The police took them in a thought that they had killed the paymaster and his guard. Sacco was just a factory hand and Vanzetti was a fish peddler. After searching their weapons, they tied their weapons to the crime. On August 23, 1927 they were executed for the crimes that criminals were responsible for.
Works Cited:
http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE52&NewItemID=True
Hanson, Erica. A Cultural History of the United States. The 1920's. NY: Scholastic, 1994. 59-61.
The KKK
By Lauren M.
The Ku Klux Klan was a group led by former Confederate General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest. The Klan grew to power during the 1920s.They used violence to kill many different groups of people. The most obvious targets were Roman Catholics, Jews, African-Americans and foreigners. Many of these people were already American citizens. The Ku Klux Klan would use terrorist tactics to intimidate former slaves.
The Ku Klux Klan, otherwise known as the KKK, wanted to keep things segregated. At its peak the Klan had over 4 million members in all 48 states. They wore a white robe with a hood that covered their faces. The Ku Klux Klan was a very dangerous group and they wanted to keep things segregated.
To see a video about the KKK click here: http://www.history.com/videos/the-kkk
Works Cited:
Hanson, Erica. A Cultural History of the United States. The 1920's. NY: Scholastic, 1994. 64. http://www.digitalhistory.com
Back To Africa Movement
By Taylor G.
Segregation was affecting millions of blacks in America, whether it was getting out of a seat for someone else, or even being killed because they were black and they could vote. The KKK was responsible for many deaths among the colored people population. After the war, blacks were able to live as equals, but in the south most whites didn’t give up and started a back to Africa compromise. It grew constantly every day. Soon enough they got the attention of a senator and many other government officials.
The back to Africa was a killer to the colored people of America. Marcus Garvey was one of the only ones to fight back on the matter that left most blacks in depression. Segregation was very harsh the blacks, compared to the whites, blacks were like living in caves and whites were living in mansions. Marcus Garvey held a speaking on the first on august at Madison square garden, more that twenty-five thousand blacks showed up. All were ready to risk anything to get backtheir independence and to end the KKK that had killed so many already. Later the NAACP was in affect for the American public.
More on the subject: http://remembersegregation.org/
Works Cited:
American History Textbook
Calvin Coolidge
By DJ F.
He was born in Plymouth, Vermont, on July 4, 1872. On August 3, 1923, while
Works Cited:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/calvincoolidge
Vocabulary:
prosperity - great success
evolution - any process of formation or growth
beneficiary - for the better
compromise - an agreement of two problems
tactic - a plan, strategy